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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

60 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
VS
71 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
vs
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
189
134
125
96
196
139
127
96
The Witcher 3
206
183
130
71
218
185
131
70
Counter-Strike 2
288
210
158
83
290
218
161
86
Far Cry 6
158
146
128
79
158
148
129
81
Hogwarts Legacy
134
109
86
50
136
113
91
50
COD Modern Warfare 3
176
167
128
85
181
173
136
89
Ghost of Tsushima
121
101
85
51
124
106
91
55
Cyberpunk 2077
153
137
95
45
163
146
98
45
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
252
236
180
98
261
238
186
101
Avg FPS
1080p High186192
1080p Ultra158163
1440p Ultra124128
4K Ultra7375
DeviationMediumLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
22374
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
24160
Time Spy2179421841
Solar Bay92888109151
Port Royal1402714882
Fire Strike4688551985
Night Raid175963155722
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
190326
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
232083
Background Blur194.4 frames/s362.7 frames/s
Face Detection165.6 frames/s227.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection8.61 Gpix/sec11.3 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection12.2 Gpix/sec15.9 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur11.5 Gpix/sec12.1 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.7 Gpix/sec1.56 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1060 Gpix/sec1080 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27590.4 fps31024.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
28502
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
29499
G2D Mark11391227
DirectX 11254 fps241 fps
DirectX 12116 fps122 fps
GPU Compute12703 Ops/s17022 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
249 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1005.1 fps
Car Chasen/a897.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a781.7 fps
T-Rexn/a4109.9 fps
ALU 2n/a7102.5 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a274.9 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a7000.8
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
25636
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
42495
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
19809
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
n/a
Image Classification (SP)10192n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)23343n/a
Horizon Detection31132n/a
Face Detection (HP)46322n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)134037n/a
Text Classification (SP)3319n/a
Machine Translation (HP)4696n/a
Object Detection (SP)13038n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)52089n/a
Style Transfer (SP)248270n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
6817.09
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 March, 29, 2022
Form Factor Laptop use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB203-400 GA102
Price n/a 1999

GPU

GPU Frequency 975 MHz 1560 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1500-2410 MHz 1860 MHz
Shader Units 7680 10752
TMUs 240 336
ROPs 96 112
Execution Units 60 84
Ray Tracing Cores 60 84
Tensor Cores 240 336
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 144-231 Gpix/sec 208 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 360-578 GTex/s 625 GTex/s
FLOPS 23-37 TFLOPS 40 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 80-175 W 450 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1313 MHz
Bus 256 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 21000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 24 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
896 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
1008 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 10.1 8.6
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

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